Posted on 11/21/2005 9:31:55 PM PST by MikefromOhio
Prayers for him. Hockey is secondary at this point.
What is it with athletes dropping these days? Jason Collier, a Center for the Atlanta Hawks (and he was from Springfield, OHio too) had a similar heart issue and died from it a month or so ago.
ping
Ping.
Detroit Lions WR Chuck Hughes collapsed and died on the field back in October of 1971...maybe it's just Detroit?
H-T
Prayers up for this darn-fine young blueliner.
rogo
This is just part of the reason that Shanny wears the "A". IMNSHO, when Yzerman calls it a career, if Shanny is still wearing the winged-wheel, he should get the "C".
roger that too.....
talk with you tomorrow....
me too....
Or Draper....one of the 2....
Shanny is the man.
My best friend from HS died with an enlarged heart. He played on Notre Dame's National Championship team and died the night after meeting President Reagan at the White House.....He was dancing, when he grabbed his chest and died on the dance floor.
He had had arrhythmia, and the coroner ruled one part of the heart was bigger than the other.
yeah...
there has to be a way to test for that.......
its sad.
If Jiri would have had this at home instead of at the rink, things might be very very different right now.
prayer bump
They had a good story on this in the Tennessean this morning:
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051122/SPORTS02/511220362/1028
As usual, I can't excerpt because it's a Gannet paper. The doctor that performed CPR is a hero.
The Preds, of course, will finish the butt-kicking when the game is rescheduled. ;)
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I've got the Center Ice package and turned on my TV last night to watch the game during what I thought would be the early portion of the game before the Vikings/Packers game.
All I can say is that the response from the Wings bench and doctors was exemplary. All involved have reason to be quite proud. Best to the young man and his family.
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